I am also a Serb, born and still living in Serbia. Very pleased to be here.

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At the time when the Council was in progress between the Greeks and the Latins in Florence under Pope Eugenius, the great Cosimo, whom a decree of the Senate (Signoria) designated Pater patriae, often listened to the Greek philosopher Gemistos, with the cognomen Plethon, as it were a second Plato...

I am part Serb (My mothers side of the family). My great grandparents came from a farming village outside Beograd. I can read and pronounce Serbian better than I can conversationally speak it. I can also write some. I am still learning. I can likewise do the same with Russian which I actually am a bit more proficient at.

Serbian, at least to me is very straight forward. The letters are pronounced as written. I actually prefer Cyrilic to latin. My understanding is that Serbs predominately use Cyrillic while Croats predominately use Latin lettering. Yes, I know there is some crossover.